Brussels, 10/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - Debate on economic governance and preparation of the EU-United States summit are among the important issues of next week's plenary session of the European Parliament. The full agenda is:
Monday 14 November
5.00pm-9.00pm
Single European railway area (report by Debora Serracchiani)
Implementation of Professional Qualifications Directive (report by Emma McClarkin)
Short presentations of the following reports: - consumer policy; - online gambling; - honeybee health and beekeeping; - demographic change and its consequences for cohesion policy; - state aid rules on services of general economic interest
Tuesday 15 November
9.00am-10.20am
Vote on a request for urgent procedure (access by fishing vessels flying the flag of Venezuela to the exclusive economic zone off the coast of the French department of Guyana)
European platform against poverty and social exclusion (report by Frédéric Daerden)
10.20am-11.50am
Question Time (Commission): Future of cohesion policy and of the common agricultural policy (CAP)
Midday-2.00pm: Votes
3.00pm-8.00pm
Statement by Commission President José Manuel Barroso: Presentation of the Commission work programme for 2012
Climate change conference in Durban (Oral questions)
Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report for 2010
Accountability report on financing for development (Oral questions)
9.00pm-midnight
ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2010 (report by Filip Kaczmarek)
European Heritage Label (report by Chrysoula Paliadeli)
Wednesday 16 November
9.00am-11.45am
Statements by the presidents of the European Council, the Commission and the Eurogroup on economic governance
11.45am-midday: Award of the LUX Prize
Midday-2.00pm: Votes
3.00pm-8.00pm
Statement by High Representative Catherine Ashton on the EU-US summit of 28 November 2011
Situation of the Roma in member states (Oral questions)
The open internet and net neutrality in Europe (Oral questions)
Statement by Catherine Ashton on banning cluster munitions
Modernisation of the VAT legislation in order to boost the digital single market
9.00pm-11.00pm
Framework Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community for nuclear research and training activities
Short presentations of the following reports: - EU support for the International Criminal Court (ICC); - negotiations of the EU-Georgia association agreement; - gender mainstreaming in the work of the European Parliament
Thursday 17 November
10.00am-11.50am
Further development of an integrated maritime policy (report by Georgios Koumoutsakos)
Commission statement on the contribution of the common fisheries policy to the production of public goods
Combating illegal fishing at the global level (report by Isabella Lövin)
Midday-2.00pm: Votes
3.00pm-4.00pm
Debates on cases of breaches of human rights: Iran (recent cases of human rights violations); Egypt (case of blogger Alaa Abdel Fatah)
4.00pm-5.00pm: Votes on the motions for resolutions on the two preceding cases. (LC/transl.rt)